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Pinaceae

Whitebark pine

Pinus albicaulis Engelm.

Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Pinus

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Common names

By language (22)
Arabic
صنوبر أبيض الساق
arz
صنوبر ابيض الساق
Catalan
Pi d'escorça blanca
Chinese
美国白皮松, 美國白皮松, 白皮五针松, 美國白皮鬆
Croatian
Bjelokori bor
Czech
Borovice bělokmenná
English
Whitebark pine, Alpine white pine, White-bark pine
Estonian
Valgetüveline seedermänd
Finnish
Valkorunkosembra
French
Pine à blanche écorce
German
Weißstämmige Kiefer
Hebrew
אורן לבן-קליפה
Hungarian
Fehértörzsű fenyő
Icelandic
Klettafura
Italian
Pino dalla corteccia bianca
Japanese
ホワイトバークパイン, アメリカシロゴヨウ
Lithuanian
Baltakamienė pušis
Persian
کاج ساقسفید
Russian
Сосна белокорая
udm
Тӧдьы кӧмо пужым
Ukrainian
Сосна білокора
Vietnamese
Thông vỏ trắng Bắc Mỹ

Synonyms

  • Apinus albicaulis (Engelm.) Rydb.
  • Pinus cembroides Newb.
  • Pinus flexilis subsp. albicaulis (Engelm.) Engelm.
  • Pinus flexilis var. albicaulis (Engelm.) Engelm.
  • Pinus shasta Carrière

Flowers

Flower colour
yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.